Techniques for providing content streams based on delivered content streams

A method of providing a content stream based on an initial delivery of a captured content stream. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining manifest data relating to an initial delivery of the content stream, the manifest data being obtained in a sequence one or more times during the initial delivery of the content stream to generate one or more manifest files; associating a timestamp with each of the manifest files, the timestamp indicating a time at which the associated manifest file is acquired; processing each of the manifest files to identify one or more addresses referenced in a manifest file that includes one or more segments of a portion of the content stream in the initial delivery; accessing one or more of the segments identified via the one or more addresses referenced in the manifest file; modifying a last one of the manifest files to include at least a portion of an earlier one of the manifest files; and providing the client with access to the accessed one or more segments and the manifest fil